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Stuproj 20110131 03
Stuproj 20110131 03
English project
Theme: Sports
4/11/2010
Swimming is a movement through water using
one’s limbs and usually without artificial apparatus.
Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and
recreational.
Frederic Bouske
Disqualified for two months, Frédéric Bouske was punished because of the use of prohibited
substance Eptaminolis. As revealed by Equipe, during an international meeting , he made use of the
substance, which is vasodilatory, thus punished with two months of blockade.
The 29 year old swimmer in an attempt to justify why the substance was found in his body, said: "I
make a special treatment for a specific disease and get a medicine that does not contain any
prohibited substance (usually a vasodilator used to treat the problems of low pressure ).
Giannis Drimonakos
On May 20 ,2008 the beta testing and sample, according to the procedure was positive for the
second time for the same substance. The Hellenic Swimming Federation on May 21 announced the
name of the athlete. Following this development was the Disciplinary Board. This means that if
found guilty, the medals he won at the European Championships in Eindhoven (gold in the 200m.
Butterfly and silver in the 400m. Mixed) and the World Championships in Manchester (bronze in the
400m. Mixed) will be removed.
Shortly after this development, the athlete stated in the most categorical way that had never
knowingly taken or ever considered taking banned substances and announced his retirement from
active swimming. On June 30, 2008, the Hellenic Swimming Federation ruled out the athlete from
any event for two years.
The most popular swimmers
Mark Spitz is the biggest swimmer in the history
of swimming with 11 Olympic medals.
Matthew Nicholas Biondi is another great swimmer
in the swimming history winning 11 Olympic medals
including 8 golden medals.
Johnny Weissmuller is another talented swimmer
in the swimming history.
Ian James Thorpe is one of the most popular swimmers
with 9 medals including 5 golden.
Michael Fred Phelps holds 4 world records now. His
best events are Freestyle and Individual medley.
Kristin Otto is the famous swimmer , who won 6 golden medals
at her first participation in the 1988 Olympic games.
Jennifer Elisabeth Thompson is a great swimmer in world
swimming. She has won 12 medals participating in 4 Olympic
games.
By:
Afentaki Lilian, G4
Moragli Anna, G4
Teacher: Ms Apostolaki